2026 AGENDA

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Registration and welcome refreshments
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Chair's Opening Remarks
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Shaping demand in Abu Dhabi: DARB’s evolution
  • How recent policy updates are shaping demand and mode shift
  • Technology and data improving network efficiency, sustainability and safety
  • What smarter, targeted tolls can do for fairer, faster commutes
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Session by TransCore
  • Session details TBC

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Session by Kenya National Highways Authority
  • Session details TBC
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Morning networking break
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Panel | Electronic tolling in the Middle East: results, lessons and next steps
  • Measure congestion, safety and revenue outcomes in UAE/KSA
  • Identify payment and user experience improvements that lift compliance
  • Define 2026-27 priorities for expansion and interoperability
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Session by Ministry of Transport Uzbekistan
  • Session details TBC
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Session by ECOWAS Commission
  • Session details TBC
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Session by SkyToll
  • Session details TBC

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PechaKucha | Financing infrastructure through toll roads
  • How RUC supports maintenance and expansion
  • Pathways to environmentally sustainable revenue
  • Data privacy guardrails that earn public trust
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Lunch break
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Panel | Communicating the value of toll roads to the public
  • Design a plain-language narrative on safety, time savings and equity
  • Use evidence, exemptions and revenue use to build consent
  • Counter misinformation with consistent, data-led messaging
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Session by Zimbabwe National Road Administration
  • Session details TBC 
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Session by InstaToll
  • Session details TBC

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Afternoon networking break

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Session by Reason Foundation
  • Session details TBC

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Session by The Institute of National Planning Egypt
  • Session details TBC
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AI for dynamic pricing, fraud detection and forecasting
  • Optimise time-of-day/location rates with live data
  • Detect evasion using explainable AI workflows
  • Stand up a lean analytics stack inside the authority
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ADM Morocco: concession performance and refinancing
  • Safety, resilience and availability KPIs that drive operator behaviour
  • Lifecycle operation and maintenance and capex timing for reliability
  • When refinancing creates public value
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Chair's Closing Remarks
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Registration and welcome refreshments
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Chair's opening remarks
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Beyond e-tolls: South Africa’s road funding reset
  • Map the policy pathway from the e-tolls switch-off to pilotable RUC options
  • Evaluate device approaches for cost, accuracy, fraud-resilience and privacy
  • Define governance, equity and communications measures that can build durable public consent and stable funding
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Modernising Egypt’s tolling infrastructure through digitisation, governance and customer experience
  • Priorities for digitising toll operations and enforcement
  • Contracting and governance for delivery at pace 
  • Integrating payments for frictionless customer journeys
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Tolling systems and road usage in Turkey
  • Extensive toll network supporting highway and bridge maintenance
  • HGS and OGS electronic systems enable fast cashless toll payments
  • Toll fees vary by route distance vehicle class and road type
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Advancing Tanzania’s road network
  • Programme status and pipeline outlook
  • Funding and PPP options for key corridors
  • Building institutional capacity for operations
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Morning networking break
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Panel | Building public trust in RUC systems across asia pacific
  • Addressing privacy concerns in data collection for RUC systems
  • Ensuring equitable access to transportation in diverse regions
  • Effective communication strategies for gaining public acceptance
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Compliance, revenue and reliability in Zimbabwe
  • Current initiatives and enforcement approach
  • Recent revenue and compliance trends on major highways
  • Next steps for reliability and customer experience
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Pathways to implementing Jordan’s first nationwide toll road system
  • Governance, device strategy and back-office design
  • Cashless tags and account models that reduce delay
  • Phased roll-out with clear exemptions and appeals
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PechaKucha | RUC systems: financing, sustainability and data privacy
  • Funding models that endure economic cycles
  • Emissions and safety metrics that matter
  • Privacy-by-design in evidence-grade systems
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Lunch break
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Panel | Government pipeline showcase: upcoming tenders and RFPs
  • Transparent previews of scopes, KPIs and timelines
  • Data rooms, traffic baselines and ESG requirements
  • Early market engagement that stays procurement-compliant
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User impacts and revenue use of Nairobi’s expressway tolls
  • Kenya’s tolling policy and user impacts
  • Revenue use for maintenance and upgrades
  • Clear, proactive communications that sustain acceptance and reduce disputes
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Afternoon networking break
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Digitising Ghana’s toll plazas for throughput, accuracy and transparency
  • Deploy ANPR/RFID to cut delays and leakage
  • Use maintenance KPIs to sustain uptime
  • Ring-fence revenue for targeted upgrades
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Maximising Uganda’s road infrastructure efficiency through user charges
  • How RUC funds maintenance reliably
  • Navigating legal and operational setbacks
  • Kampala-Entebbe Expressway: customer and revenue lessons
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Chair’s closing remarks